Several undergraduate student groups on the
Homewood campus of The Johns Hopkins University will
sponsor a Johns Hopkins 9/11 Memorial Vigil at 7 p.m. on
Sunday, Sept. 11. The event honoring the victims of the
2001 terror attacks will take place on the campus's
Keyser Quadrangle between Gilman Hall and the Eisenhower
Library, at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore.

The vigil will feature an illuminated display of
two "towers of light," representing the World Trade
Center towers in New York City, and a moment of silence
followed by the lighting of hundreds of candles on the
flag-draped quad. Elected officials as well as
representatives from the Krieger School
of Arts and Sciences and the university's
Interfaith Center are scheduled to speak.

"The collective memory of 9/11 unites us all," said
event organizer Marc Goldwein, a junior and a Foundation
for the Defense of Democracies fellow. "We were brought
together in tragedy, and now we must remember the
victims of this terrible act and honor the heroes of
that grave day."

The vigil is open to the public. The students will
be collecting canned goods for care packages for troops
overseas. For information, contact Goldwein at
610-574-8004, or
marc@goldwein.net.

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